former chief of staff at the department of homeland security myles taylor. taylor treasonous and stated that he was in possible violation of the espionage act, suspended his security clearance, and directed the secretary of homeland security, in consultation with any other relevant agency heads. take all appropriate action to review myles taylor's activities as a government employee. so that was the president of the united states issuing an executive order directing an investigation into someone because he wrote and said critical things about him. that is weaponization. but in this moment, every university, every law firm and every individual basically has a choice. are they going to bow to the unwarranted and often illegal demands, or are they going to fight back? well, myles taylor has chosen to fight back. yesterday he sent a letter to the inspector general for homeland security and the justice department requesting that they look into how their agencies have responded to trump's egregious order. joining me now is myles taylor. thank you for being here. t

former chief of staff at the department of homeland security myles taylor. taylor treasonous and stated that he was in possible violation of the espionage act, suspended his security clearance, and directed the secretary of homeland security, in consultation with any other relevant agency heads. take all appropriate action to review myles taylor's activities as a government employee. so that was the president of the united states issuing an executive order directing an investigation into someone because he wrote and said critical things about him. that is weaponization. but in this moment, every university, every law firm and every individual basically has a choice. are they going to bow to the unwarranted and often illegal demands, or are they going to fight back? well, myles taylor has chosen to fight back. yesterday he sent a letter to the inspector general for homeland security and the justice department requesting that they look into how their agencies have responded to trump's egregious order. joining me now is myles taylor. thank you for being here. th

orders in a manner to publish myles taylor and others by name.. >> supposed to be. >> how executive. >> orders are. >> used and what i really. >> think is novel. >> and interesting. >> about the strategy. >> that myles. >> is pursuing there. >> is that. >> you know, they're. >> spreading the. >> aperture of responsibility for these questions. >> donald trump may want. >> to do this. >> but. >> he cannot do. >> it alone. right. he can't. >> launch these. >> investigations all by himself. he can write that piece of paper. >> but it is. >> on a number. >> of other people to. >> carry that out. and so when we're asking for. more oversight, you spread. >> that. >> aperture, right? >> because i think one of the biggest. >> lessons from trump. >> 1.0. >> is that there. >> are a lot of people. >> willing to go along with. trump's misdeeds. >> unlawful. unconstitutional acts. >> as long as they weren't personally. >> responsible for. >> carrying them out. i'm thinking about bill barr. >> resigning as attorney general. >> at the last. >> minute in december

i asked myles taylor and tyrese haliburton, okay, if one time is a fluke and the third time is the trutho hit a buzzer beater like that? the fourth time in these finals. they said, you know what, it's indiana basketball. they are comfortable, as crazy as it sounds, janai, in these -- if it's a nine-point game coming down the stretch, that's where the indiana pacers are most comfortable. they want to get right to that spot where on the road the adage is you want to be within two, three, four, five points right down the stretch. if they're in that position again, they are going to be very comfortable in this game two. myles turner told me, you know what, we can't get complacent. these are the hardest games to play because we know we're going to get the best shot from okc. >> whit: we're looking at the numbers here and the stats similar from the regular season. how do they stack up at this point in the playoffs and get that edge? >> yeah, i mean, this is -- the game plan is this thick. you know this. everyone knows everything about their opponent at this point in the season. so what i think

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. >> i said, who the hell is myles taylor? i think what he did, he wrote a book. anonymous said all sorts of lies, bad things. and i think it's i think it's like a traitor. like, it's like spying. and i think it's a very important case. and i think he's guilty of treason, if you want to know the truth. but we'll find out. and i assume we're recommending this to the department of justice. yes, sir. >> so, on the campaign trail, donald trump vowed retribution and revenge for those people that he considered to have wronged him. law firms. news organizations, universities, political opponents, senior government officials have all come under pressure from the president since he was reelected. one of those targeted most directly is miles taylor, the former chief of staff at the department of homeland security. you may remember him as anonymous. he wrote that new york times op-ed in 2018. he's now filed a formal complaint to the inspector general of the dhs and the doj, and miles taylor joins us now. miles, thanks so much for being here. thanks for having me. it's nice t